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Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Bottle with Peach Bloom Glaze

1662–1722

China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1661-1722)
porcelain
Overall: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.670.2
Location: Not on view

Description

The "peach-bloom" glaze developed during the Kangxi era has also been described as "drunken with beauty." Technical achievements were transcended with aesthetic associations, revealing the greatest sensitivity to all things beautiful in nature.
  • Judge Elbert H. Gary [1846-1927]
    ?-1942
    John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1942-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Reproduced: p. [68], Plate XXXIII, cat. no. 181-182; Mention: p. 74, cat. no. 181-182 archive.org
    Hollis, Howard. "Department of Oriental Arts: Chinese Ceramics and Jades." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 150–157. Reproduced: p. 156 www.jstor.org
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